Ok Mr. Harry
MY grandmother would come back and whoop me good Harry if she ever caught me not saying Mr. or Mrs. when addressing an elder. Don't think I would have been standing if I didn't say yes M'aam or yes Sir around her either so it is a hard habit to break out of respect for you Harry.
I agree with you 100% on using military actions, I really love them myself. I don't have an elaborate collection right now, but the list is growing for sure. I had an old wore out LLama 45ACP that I couldn't get to shoot worth a flip and didn't want to waste any money on it. I had a guy come in the shop one day and saw it sitting out on my desk and he said" Man, I really want that 45 you have there". After I finally got my laughter under control, I told him in no uncertain terms that he didn't need to waste any money buying an old wore out gun like that one for sure. You know the type of guy I am referring to when I say, he just wouldn't listen to me. Anyway, he brought in the Model 1911 to me and said he wanted to trade it to me for the Llama. At that time I had no idea about the history of the gun or anything else for that matter. I did notice it had been rebarreled to the .308 and told him I would trade even for it and would wait awhile for him to come back for the rifle since I knew he would be back. Well, he never returned and I wouldn't let it go for more than 4 times what it is worth any day of the month. I put on a walnut stock that gave me the length of pull I needed for it and mounted a scope on it and went to the range. If you put up a quarter size circle, 50 rounds will stay in it without any problem. I was simply amazed at the accuracy of the little rifle. I swapped the military stock back on it and it still shot the same way for my son who then informed me he had a new rifle. I had to build him a Mauser in .308 to get my rifle back from him and now we are both happy again.
Take care Harry, I will help you out now and then by remembering to call you by your first name. Yesterday I was at my wife's grandmothers B-Day party at the retirement center she lives at. One of the nice ladies that was there told my daughter who is 8 and was sitting on my lap that she sure did have a nice Papa. Lauren looked at her and told her right quick, "I sure do, but this is my Daddy" I guess the grey hair and beard make me look much older than I am so I just smiled and didn't say a word.